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Chapter on Amputation for Theft
Amputation becomes obligatory when eight conditions are fulfilled:
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The act must in fact be theft, meaning the covert removal of another person’s property from its owner or his deputy.
Hence, no amputation is carried out on a muntahib—someone who takes property openly—nor on a mukhtaṭif (snatcher)3, nor on one who betrays a deposit; but the borrower who then denies the borrowed article does have his hand cut off.
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The thief must be legally accountable, acting voluntarily, and aware that the property he has taken meets the nisāb (minimum value).
(3) The difference is as follows: al-muntaheb (plunderer) takes the item openly, with composure and without haste; al-mukhtatiff (snatcher) also takes it openly but does so quickly and fearfully; whereas sariqa (theft) is carried out in secrecy. Ḥashiyat al-Lubadi, p. 402.
باب القطع في السرقة
ويجب بثمانية شروط:
أحدها: السرقة وهي: أخذ مال الغير من مالكه أو نائبه على وجه الاختفاء.
فلا قطع على: منتهب ومختطف٣ وخائن في وديعة لكن يقطع جاحد العارية.
الثاني: كونه السارق مكلفا مختارا عالما بأن ما سرقه يساوي نصابا.
٣ الفرق بين المنتهب والمختطف أن الأول: يأخذ الشيء جهرة مع سكون منه وطمأنينة والثاني: يأخذ الشيء جهرة ولكن مع سرعة وخوف وأما السرقة: فعلى وجه الاختفاء. حاشية اللبدي "ص: ٤٠٢".